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Taco Bell Launches Mobile Ordering App for iPhone

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Taco Bell today launched a newly updated Live Mas Taco Bell mobile app that's designed to allow Taco Bell diners to place and customize their orders ahead of their arrival at the restaurant. After downloading the app, those seeking a Cheesy Gordita Crunch, Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme, or other food item from Taco Bell can tap log in or start a session as a guest.

From there, tapping on the "Order" button will bring up a list of all the Taco Bell restaurants that are located nearby, and selecting one will bring up a store's individual menu. After selecting a location, scrolling downwards will provide a list of food options that have been organized into separate categories like Breakfast, Combos, Tacos, Burritos, and more.

Taco Bell(R) Mobile Ordering is Here. Customize. Order. Pay. All from the new app. Now you can easily select a local Taco Bell, customize your favorite items and pay for your order. No need to select a pick-up time. We make your food when you arrive because just-prepared food is the best. Then skip the in-store line like you own the place. Plus, reordering your favorites is as easy as a twist of the wrist.
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Every food order contains customization options so that it can be prepared to a customer's specification. For example, with the Waffle, it comes with sausage, cheese, egg, and syrup, any of which can be removed. There's also an option to add extra of any ingredient, and there are options for add-ons like nacho cheese sauce, sour cream, onions, tomatoes, and more. While some options are free, many add an additional cost to an order.

According to Taco Bell, while an order can be placed ahead of time, it is not cooked until a customer arrives at the restaurant they selected and checks in, at which point the employees begin preparing the meal to ensure freshness. Mobile orderers will not need to stand in the Taco Bell line upon arrival, and will be called up to the mobile counter when their meal is ready. Payments are made in the app with a credit card.

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The app has options to allow users to sign in to track their most recent orders, which makes re-ordering the same meal easy, and there are e-gift options that let customers send gift cards. Another helpful feature is the Nutritional Info, which lists the calorie content of all of Taco Bell's offerings.

Taco Bell has been working on adding mobile ordering capabilities to its app for several months now, with the first news of an updated app coming back in February. At that time, Taco Bell's mobile lead Jeff Jenkins said that mobile is becoming increasingly important to quick service restaurants. "If you can get 10 million people to download your app, you're putting a portal to Taco Bell in 10 million pockets," he said.

Taco Bell's revamped iOS app can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]

Article Link: Taco Bell Launches Mobile Ordering App for iPhone
 
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Just used it. My order was ready within 1 minute of walking in the door.

Super simple.
 
No Apple Pay? When I have the midnight munchies I won't be cognizant enough to do much more than scan my fingerprint.
 
Pizza Hut has an app too - it doesn't look anywhere near this nice, but I love it because there's never any miscommunication about how I want my order done (plus skipping the line is nice).

When will Yum (the company that owns Taco Bell and Pizza Hut) bring this to their other big chain, KFC? I personally don't care for Taco Bell, but KFC tastes pretty darn good.
 
Cool ! The next time I want to get diarrhea, I will use this app!:p

The app looks very nice though.
 
I downloaded the app, but I won't use it unless they add Apple Pay. I'm not really interested in adding my credit card to the app.

These types of apps are the perfect example of how great Apple Pay is. Now you can simply add the ability to pay on an app without having to make people do all the setup process.

In theory, if Taco Bell did this, you could link to Facebook and pay with Apple Pay and essentially be setup within a minute of downloading the app.
 
Oh goody, just what I've always wanted.

Seriously though, mobile ordering is so much better than other methods. There isn't so much of a language barrier (dialectical, background noise, and actual languages) as there is with over the phone or in person. It also probably saves the company a lot of time as the workers don't have to spend their day staring awkwardly into nothing while people decide as their ordering.
 
I've been waiting for this app for years. The lines at Taco Bell take forever. It's always a good 45-50 second hold up
 
The app is actually pretty nice. Been playing around with it for a few minutes.

A nice map that clearly shows what restaurants are participating (a large majority in my area). Some map locaters in other apps have been a pain to use, especially when moving the map around.

The menu part is nice too, being able to customize items really easily. My gf, who is vegetarian will like this a lot.
Although I never knew they nickel and dime on ingredients. Saw $0.11 to add onions to some item, lol.

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"Apple Health Kit would like permission to access Taco Bell app"

Oh noooooo so busted for eating those doritos locos tacos.

[did not actually happen]
 
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